Daily Republican., 1887-02-19
RAIN FALLS IN rORxKNrs.

Ctfass Dslugsd Jass - Psoyes sse Going
70 rhsar Haomss-sswsrs ere Bseksn,
this Btrssss Yloodsd, the winters
Frisa swept Awsy.
In Philadelphia last evening heavy
electrical storm accompanied by B
violent d0wnpour or rain passed over
that city. flooding the inlets and sewers,
filling cellars In various sections OF tbs
city, and In some instances doing con.
siderable damage TO b0sh public and
private property.
Tho heaviest cAusge done By the
dood was 1t Twenty. fourth and Wood
streets, WHARF mAln sower WAS broken
and number Of oelleSs wore flooded.
Twenty fourth street. between Brown
and Vino streets, WAS flooded ~ usual
at the time Of heavy vAlnfAll.
Soon after 8 o'clock last evening tho
water began pouring down the street,
and ~ the rain increased 0verf1owed
the sidevalks and found its way in tho
cellars Of hous sbelow OAllowhill street.
At about 6.15 o'clock the inlet 81 the
northeast corner Of Twenty fourth and
Wood streets gave way. and . moment
later nearly the whole surface Of Twen.
ty fourth street for . distance Of nearly
twenty-five feet s,onG the line Of the
saver vent down with . rear and WA
swept into tho river.
The heaviest damage WAS done ~ the
paper mill Of Jonh Lacy, at tho north.
west corner OF Twenty fourth and Vine.
Here the food poured through the
doors and windows, covering the floor
TO tho depth Of nearly two feet, and
damaging the machinery and stock to
the value Of fully 81 900.
During the wind storm ut Rochester
New York, yesterday. two telegraph
poles on the iron bridge across tht
tennessee river were blown down and
carried away two spans Of the bridge
Annie Graham. sged 10 yeaIs, Wa
swept into the torrent and drowned
Three other persons are missing and
suppossd to be lost.
A violert wind storm, with . maxi
mum velocity Of 60 miles an hour
swept over eastern Colorado on Thurs
day morning before daylight. II
Denver, Windows we're smashed, chin
Ineys and telegraph poles levelled AM
Ihouses unroofod. On the Denver ant
Rio Grande Railway, near Colorsd
ISprings, , train OF seven cars Was blow
Ifrom the track, and the mail car an
its contents were burned. No persol
was injured. A train wAa also blow
from the track near Morrison, an
several persons were injured, one hav
ling . leg broken. Near Como IN 81
Ipross train WAS blown over . bridg
and wrecked, and nearly all the pas
eugers and train men were severely II
ljured.
A freight train Of twenty cars va
A. 49, 81 hA .
were badly damaged near Colorad
) Springs. AL trains arriving ~ Denvt
we're delayed from fve to ten hours b
the storm.
Great damage WAS done on Friday b
wind storms At Watertown, N. Y, an
New Bedford, Mass.
A telegram from Chicago reports
terrific wind storm, accompanied b
driving sleei and snow throughout th
Northw cot. TelegrAphic communic'
lent of, and trains on nearly all tn
. Railroads were blocked or delay ed.
The fieod In South Chicago, cause
by the swelling OF the rivsr, was aul
imented yesterday by rain. Many
llhe streats and sidewalks are oovere
with water, and cellars are filed.
violent thunder storm ragged on Thur
Iday evening. and dwelling In Hyt
Park WAS badly damaged by lightnin
A heavy rain for twenty four hou
! has caused . renewal Of the flood
Lyons, Michigan.
A very heavy rain storm, with exti
J lordinary electrical disturbance, pI
vailed at Bloomington, Illinois,
Thursday night, and heavy hall fell
the neiehboripg country. The stor
was felt throughout Central Illino
where 1t has rained almost incessant
for week.
ell A shower Of small PARTICLES OF M
fell In the country around L,ncol
Nebraska, on Thursday afternoon.
I 10 supposed that dust raised by stro
1 Wind stoi III two hundred miles west
e Lincoln Was precipitated with the rs
.lfAll. Everything op which the show
~ fell presented q splashed appearance
A heavy thunder storm passed o,
New YORK city and its neizhbort
d last evening At 6 o'clock lightning
: Ore 20 one OF the large buildings on
q American Cotton Docks at Tompki
Vile, Staten Island, and at half-past
o'clock buildings Nos. 4, and II b
:, been destroy ed, with about 10, 600 be
4 lof cotton. The loss Is estimated at S3t
IL GOO, which lie covered by insurance.